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1、凯程考研辅导班，中国最强的考研辅导机构，http:/ 考研就找凯程考研，学生满意，家长放心，社会认可！凯程考研，考研机构，10 年高质量辅导，值得信赖！ 以学员的前途为已任，为学员提供高效、专业的服务，团队合作,为学员服务，为学员引路。2015 考研英语阅读理解精读 P12法学类In general，our society is becoming one of the giant enterprises directed by a bureaucratic management in which man becomes a small we1l-oiled cog in the machine
2、ry.The oiling is done with higher wages，well-ventilated factories and piped music，and by psychologists and“human relations”experts;yet all this oiling does not alter the fact that man has become powerless，that he is bored with it.In fact，the blue-collar and the white-collar workers have become econo
3、mic puppets who dance to the tune of automated machines and bureaucratic management.The worker and employee are anxious not only because they might find themselves out of a job，they are anxious also because they are unable to acquire any real satisfaction of interest in life.They live and die withou
4、t ever having confronted the fundamental realities of human existence as emotionally and intellectually independent and productive human beings.Those higher up on the social ladder are no less anxious.Their lives are no less empty than those of their subordinates.They are even more insecure in some
5、respects.They are in a highly competitive race.To be promoted or to fall behind is not a matter of salary but even more a matter of self-respect.When they apply for their first job，they are tested for intelligence as well as for the right mixture of submissiveness and independence.From that moment o
6、n they are tested again and again by the psychologists，for whom testing is a big business，and by their superiors，who judge their behavior，sociability，capacity to get along，etc.This constant need to prove that one is as good as or better than ones fellow competitor creates constant anxiety and stress
7、，the very causes of unhappiness and illness.Am I suggesting that we should return to the pre-industrial mode of production or to nineteenth century“free enterprise”capitalism? Certainly not.Problems are never solved by returning to a stage which one has already outgrown.I suggest transforming our so
8、cial system from a bureaucratically managed industrialism in which maximal production and consumption are ends in themselves into a humanist industrialism in which man and full development of his potentialitiesthose of all love and of reasonare the aims of social arrangements.Production and consumpt
9、ion should serve only as means to this end，and should be prevented from ruling man.1.By“a well-oiled cog in the machinery”the author intends to render the idea that man is_.A a necessary part of the society though each individuals function is negligibleB an unimportant part in comparison with the re
10、st of the society，though functioning smoothlyC working in complete harmony with the rest of the societyD a humble component of the society，especially when working smoothly凯程考研辅导班，中国最强的考研辅导机构，http:/ 考研就找凯程考研，学生满意，家长放心，社会认可！凯程考研，考研机构，10 年高质量辅导，值得信赖！ 以学员的前途为已任，为学员提供高效、专业的服务，团队合作,为学员服务，为学员引路。2.The real
11、cause of the anxiety of the workers and employees is that_.A they are deprived of their individuality and independenceB they have no genuine satisfaction or interest in lifeC they are faced with the fundamental realities of human existenceD they are likely to lose their jobs3.From the passage we can
12、 infer that real happiness of life belongs to those_.Awho are at the bottom of the societyBwho are higher up in their social statusCwho could keep far away from this competitive worldDwho prove better than their fellow competitors4.To solve the present social problems the author suggests that we sho
13、uld_.A resort to the production mode of our ancestorsB offer higher wages to the workers and employeesC enable man to fully develop his potentialitiesD take the fundamental realities for granted5.The authors attitude towards industrialism might best be summarized as one of_.Aapproval BtoleranceCsusp
14、icion Ddissatisfaction核心词汇ventilate Vt 使通风 bore v.使厌烦 puppet，n.傀儡 tunen.曲调，调子acquire vt 获得，学到 existence n.存在 mode n.方式，模式难句点津1.In general，our society is becoming one of the giant enterprises directed bv a bureaucratic lmanagement in which man becomes a small welloiled cog in the machinery. 点津 句子的主干是
15、 Our societyisbecoming oneofthe giant enterprises，directedby 之后的内容是修饰enterprises 的定语，-g 中 which 引导一个定语从句修饰 enterprisesj2.From that moment on they are tested again and again by the psychologists，for whom testing is a big business,and by their superiors，who judge their behavior，sociability,capacity to
16、 get along.etc. 点津 句子的主干是 They are tested by the psychologists and by their superiors，其中psychologists 和 superiors 都带有自己的定语从句。译文：总的来说，我们的社会变成了一个官僚化管理的大型企业，其中的所有人都成了这台机器中润滑良好的小齿轮。高工资、通风良好的厂房和有线广播的音乐用于润滑，心理学家和“人际关系”专家也用于润滑。然而所有这些润滑油都没能改变这一事实，即人类已经变得无能为力并厌倦了“润滑油”。实际上，蓝领和白领阶层都变成了经济傀儡，随着自动化机器和官僚化管理的步调而起舞。工人和雇员的焦虑不仅是由于他们可能会失业，还由于他们无法获得生活的真正乐趣。终其一生，他们从未作为情感和理智上独立的、
